Thursday, June 9, 2016

Two suicide attacks in and outside the Iraqi capital killed
at least 31 people and wounded dozens on Thursday, officials said.

The deadliest attack took place in a commercial area of a
majority Shiite neighbourhood in Baghdad. At least 19 civilians were killed and
46 wounded, police said.

Another suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into
an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people, police
said. Seven civilians and five troops were killed in the attack in the town of
Taji, about 12 miles north of the capital, a police officer said. At least 32
people were wounded.

Seven ISIS members were killed in an air strike carried out
by the international coalition aviation at west of Mosul

“An explosive device, which was planted near al-Riyad (40 km
southwest of Kirkuk), went off targeting families escaping ISIS. The blast
resulted in the death of one woman and injuring three others.”